Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: OpenOffice to be dumped in Freiburg ?

In practical use, I would NOT say LO (or OOo) has a "high" file 
compatibility with MS Office.  Virtually every file I receive from MS 
Office users has some kind of problem (bullet lists almost NEVER convert 
correctly, at least from MSO to LO).  I'm only an occasional Office 
suite user so I put up with it (plus I'm on a Mac), but I've never been 
able to convince others to use LO for this reason alone. And I mostly 
work with non-profits who, for several reasons, should be avid LO users.

I also realize MSO, with it's market share, stands only to gain from 
keeping it's formatting a moving target.  With that in mind, I just 
can't imagine how a project like LO could hope to keep up and make inroads.

Wish I could help with making it work better, but I know nothing about 
contributing to development.

Carl




On 11/18/12 7:48 PM, rost52 wrote:
> I only can use Virgil's word "I hate to say it" but Virgil is right. 
> File compatibility is very important in our daily business world where 
> we need to exchange editable files within our company and also with 
> external partners.
>
> Whenever I need to exchange files with MSO formats, I additionally 
> attach a pdf-file or ask for pdf-file as reference. This is a 
> reduction of productivity - I am willing to take I, but how many others?
>
> Although I am aware that it is not an easy task and requires dev work, 
> 　LibO　must achieve more than a high compatibility with MSO formats. 
> I keep fingers crossed.
>
>
> On 2012-11-19 07:37, VA wrote:
> > I hate to say it, but I think in business MS compatibility is THE 
> > paramount concern. When I was working for a large business, I used 
> > LibO only for documents I knew I didn't have to share with others. 
> > For anything that had to be used by others, I used MS Office.
> >
> > I realize that LibO is highly compatible with MS Office, but "highly" 
> > often isn't enough. In my experience there were enough 
> > incompatibilities that it just wasn't worth the hassle of trying to 
> > clean up documents sent back and forth between the two office suites.
> >
> > File format compatibility is far more important than similar user 
> > interfaces or command structures. I would say file compatibility is 
> > the primary reason companies keep buying MS Office.
> >
> > Virgil
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: Pedro
> > Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2012 5:25 PM
> > To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> > Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: OpenOffice to be dumped in Freiburg ?
> >
> > NoOp wrote
> > > Which part of that do you not understand?
> >
> > This part
> > > > apache.incubator.ooo.user
> >
> > You are correct that I didn't notice the second option (apologies for 
> > that).
> > I wrongly assumed it was another ooo link
> >
> > But redirecting a LibreOffice issue to an ooo forum doesn't make any 
> > sense.
> > And this is a LibreOffice issue. So much so that TDF's Director 
> > bothered to
> > answer (unfortunately in German)
> > http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2012/11/16/open-letter-to-the-city-of-freiburg/ 
> >
> >
> > There are some translations in the comments.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > View this message in context: 
> > http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/OpenOffice-to-be-dumped-in-Freiburg-tp4019224p4019398.html
> > Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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